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Example sentences of "they could [vb infin] he " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Neglect of them could throw him into a searing rage ; as when he discovered that a rest camp for troops out of the line had been placed within sound of the guns .
2	He ran across the wet road and over to the hospital entrance before any of them could answer him .
3	Not like they were in the dreams he had had recently , where they could torment him without his being able to retaliate .
4	Magistrates said they could disqualify him from driving and asked Elsworth if he needed his licence for his job .
5	Under his ministry the Church grew but they could pay him very little .
6	The German 's rates differed from girl to girl , and with some he had an arrangement that he received a commission rather than a rent per room ; the advantage here for the girls was that they could pay him at the end of the night , rather than each time they used the room And to ensure they did n't even think about cheating , he employed a " caretaker " whose job was to keep a tally of the girls and their customers .
7	Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat .
8	They could leave him gawping from the pavement while they accelerated away .
9	Before they could reach him , however , he was borne aloft like a javelin and carried to the quayside a few yards away where he was dumped unceremoniously into the murky waters to a great cheer from those who were close enough to witness the event .
10	They could offer him full board with a bedroom and sitting room on the ground floor for three pounds a week .
11	But the crash happened before they could stop him .
12	Perhaps they could tell him where I will be working . ’
13	And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it .
14	He seemed fascinated by his hands ; he was flexing the fingers rhythmically and gazing at them as if they could tell him something important about himself .
15	And , if they could show him that they really cared about the Store , he would come out again and put a stop to all these problems and re-establish the Store here , in this green unpleasant land .
16	People disconcerted him because they could surprise him .
17	How she wished they could turn him out at once .
18	I mean , it 's hard to think of an equivalent , but say you were an inhabitant of Hastings in the year 2066 and you went down to the beach one day and these longships were coming towards you and lots of people in chainmail and pointy helmets got out and said they 'd come for the Battle of Hastings and would you rustle up King Harold so they could shoot him in the eye and here was a huge wallet full of money for you to play your part .
19	His letter is minuted tersely in Heath 's hand : ‘ They could invite him to every meeting as consultant .
20	They could see him dismount and go inside .
21	And he used to come and they could see him coming for he had to come in a cart .
22	They could run him in after a police chase , or something , which would get into the papers , and on the radio news tomorrow morning . "
23	According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance .
24	They could hear him speak unequivocally through his characters .
25	They could hear him shrieking after them .
26	They could hear him .
27	He untied the rope and then bent , inspecting the horse carefully , examining each leg , and they could hear him talking all the time , soothing , quiet words that stilled the animal .
28	They could hear him making his point in fortissimo Anglo-Saxon tones .
29	They could hear him there now .
30	For failing to attend the Kirk , John Browne would be reported to the authorities by the Session and the Dragoons would pay him a visit — if they could find him .